Becoming an astronaut is no easy feat — NASA has revealed on its website all of the requirements that need to be met by someone before they have a shot at going to space.

What does it take to become an astronaut? Here’s what NASA says. The next class of astronauts will be selected from thousands of applicants. Some of them may walk on the moon or be the first to ...

Astronaut John Swigert, right, and the other two astronauts aboard Apollo 13 -- Fred Haise and Jim Lovell -- safely returned to Earth after improvising a solution to the craft's carbon-dioxide ...

Astronauts have one of the most competitive jobs in the world — 18,300 people applied to be part of NASA’s 2017 class of astronauts, and only 12 made the final cut. But the process of finding ...

So, what happens when an astronaut dies of natural causes during an extravehicular activity, for example? It's something NASA has long considered, even though no astronaut has yet died beyond ...

An Astronaut’s Workplace Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is a the workplace and home of astronauts on long-duration missions in space. You can track and see ...

There is also no specific body type required to be an astronaut, but you do have to fit in the spacesuit—called the extravehicular mobility unit—that the astronauts wear to do spacewalks.

You might be an all-star planner but we're willing to bet your schedule isn’t as structured as an astronaut's.

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore's departure from the space agency on ...

This week, gain an astronaut’s perspective of our changing world, spot hybrid camels in ancient artwork, uncover more about the Tonga volcano explosion, spy a beaming celestial lighthouse, and more.

Blue Origin pinned custom astronaut wings to his flight suit. The Federal Aviation Administration may disagree. Or it may not even matter.